The European Public Sphere and the Media : Europe in Crisis

This book contributes to the theoretical and policy debate on the existence of a European public sphere. It presents a critical discussion of the links between media, history and politics in Europe today, examining the re-organization of ideological and political dimensions and debates the existence of a European editorial culture.

Introduction; M.Krzy?anowski, A.Triandafyllidou & R.Wodak PART I: EUROPE AND THE MEDIA AT TIMES OF CRISES: THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS Europe - Discourse - Politics - Media - History: Constructing ''crises''?; B.Stråth & R.Wodak Media, Political Communication and the European Public Sphere; P.Preston & M.Metykova PART II: CRISES EVENTS AND THE IDEA OF EUROPE IN POST WAR MEDIA DEBATES Out of Maelstroms: Crises and Parlous Developments of Europe since World War II; J.Kaye The 1956 Hungarian Revolution in the Hungarian, Austrian and German Media; A.Kovács, A.Horváth, N.Kinsky-Müngersdorff The Berlin Wall crisis: Global Cold War and the Role of Europe; H.Schulz-Forberg Paris in May 1968: Social Conflict, Democracy and the Role of Europe; H.Schulz-Forberg ''Progressive'' Versus ''Bureaucratic'' Socialism: How the Myth of Socialism Was Split in Two in the Yugoslav Press Coverage of the Warsaw Pact''s Occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968; P.Krasovec & I.Z.Zagar The Discursive Construction of Europe and Values in the Coverage of the Polish 1981 ''State of War'' in European Press; M.Krzy?anowski The Fall of the Berlin Wall: European and Value-oriented Dimensions in the News Discourse; J.ter Wal, A.Triandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M.Kontochristou Europe''s role in the World: The Invasion of Iraq and the Outbreak of the Second Gulf War; J.ter Wal, A. riandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M.Kontochristou The Mohammed Cartoons Crisis: The Role of Islam in the European Public Sphere; J.ter Wal, A.Triandafyllidou, C.Steindler & M.Kontochristou Conclusions: Europe, Media, Crisis and the European Public Sphere; M.Krzy?anowski , A.Triandafyllidou & R.Wodak Bibliography